List of Ambassadors
The following is a list of Ambassadors the United States has sent to Mexico, and other representatives that have served a similar function. The exact title given by the United States State Department to this position currently is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary".
| Representative | Title | From | To | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Shaler | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1810 | 1812 | James Madison |
| John H. Robinson | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1812 | 1814 | James Madison |
| Joel Roberts Poinsett | Minister | 1825 | 1829 | John Quincy Adams |
| Anthony Butler | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1829 | ||
| Anthony Butler | Chargé d'Affaires | 1829 | 1835 | |
| William A. Slacum | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1835 | 1836 | Andrew Jackson |
| Powhatan Ellis | Chargé d'Affaires | 1836 | Andrew Jackson | |
| Robert Greenhow | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1837 | ||
| Powhatan Ellis | Minister | 1839 | 1842 | Martin Van Buren |
| Henry E. Lawrence | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1842 | John Tyler | |
| Waddy Thompson, Jr. | Minister | 1842 | 1844 | John Tyler |
| Moses Yale Beach | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1843 | John Tyler | |
| Gilbert L. Thompson | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1844 | John Tyler | |
| Wilson Shannon | Minister | 1844 | 1845 | John Tyler |
| John Slidell | Minister | 1845 | James K. Polk | |
| David Conner | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1846 | James K. Polk | |
| Nathan Clifford | Minister | 1848 | 1849 | James K. Polk |
| Robert P. Letcher | Minister | 1849 | 1852 | |
| Robert Greenhow | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1850 | ||
| George G. Goss | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1850 | 1852 | |
| George W. Slacum | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1851 | Millard Fillmore | |
| Edward Smith | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1852 | Millard Fillmore | |
| Alfred Conkling | Minister | 1852 | 1853 | Millard Fillmore |
| George E. Cooper | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1853 | ||
| Christopher L. Ward | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1853 | ||
| James Gadsden | Minister | 1853 | 1856 | |
| Richard S. Spofford | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1854 | Franklin Pierce | |
| John Forsyth Jr. | Minister | 1856 | 1858 | Franklin Pierce |
| William M. Churchwell | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1858 | James Buchanan | |
| Alfred Mordecai | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1858 | James Buchanan | |
| Duff Green | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1859 | James Buchanan | |
| David R. Porter | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1859 | James Buchanan | |
| Robert Milligan McLane | Minister | 1859 | 1860 | James Buchanan |
| Henry Roy de la Reintrie | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1860 | James Buchanan | |
| John B. Weller | Minister | 1860 | 1861 | James Buchanan |
| Thomas Corwin | Minister | 1861 | 1864 | |
| Robert W. Shufelt | Special Diplomatic Agent | 1862 | Abraham Lincoln | |
| Lewis D. Campbell | Minister | 1866 | 1867 | Andrew Johnson |
| Marcus Otterbourg | Minister | 1867 | Andrew Johnson | |
| William S. Rosecrans | Minister | 1868 | 1869 | Andrew Johnson |
| Thomas H. Nelson | Minister | 1869 | 1873 | |
| John W. Foster | Minister | 1873 | 1880 | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Philip Hicky Morgan | Minister | 1880 | 1885 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Henry R. Jackson | Minister | 1885 | 1886 | |
| Thomas Courtland Manning | Minister | 1886 | 1887 | Grover Cleveland |
| Edward S. Bragg | Minister | 1888 | 1889 | Grover Cleveland |
| Thomas Ryan | Minister | 1889 | 1893 | |
| Isaac P. Gray | Minister | 1893 | 1895 | |
| Matt Whitaker Ransom | Minister | 1895 | 1897 | Grover Cleveland |
| Powell Clayton | Minister | 1897 | 1898 |
| Ambassador | Presentation of Credentials |
Termination of Mission |
Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Clayton | 1899-01-03 | 1905-05-26 | William McKinley |
| Edwin H. Conger | 1905-06-15 | 1905-08-03 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| David Eugene Thompson | 1906-03-08 | 1909-12-01 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Henry Lane Wilson | 1910-03-05 | 1913-02-18 | William Howard Taft |
| Henry P. Fletcher | 1917-03-03 | 1919-01-25 | Woodrow Wilson |
| Charles B. Warren | 1924-03-31 | 1924-07-22 | Calvin Coolidge |
| James R. Sheffield | 1924-10-15 | 1927-06-05 | Calvin Coolidge |
| Dwight W. Morrow | 1927-10-29 | 1930-09-17 | Calvin Coolidge |
| J. Reuben Clark, Jr. | 1930-11-28 | 1933-02-14 | Herbert Hoover |
| Josephus Daniels | 1933-04-24 | 1941-11-09 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| George S. Messersmith | 1942-02-24 | 1946-05-15 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Walter C. Thurston | 1946-06-17 | 1950-11-04 | Harry S. Truman |
| William O'Dwyer | 1950-11-23 | 1952-12-06 | Harry S. Truman |
| Francis White | 1953-04-28 | 1957-06-30 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Robert C. Hill | 1957-07-25 | 1960-12-01 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Thomas Clifton Mann | 1961-05-08 | 1963-12-22 | John F. Kennedy |
| Fulton Freeman | 1964-04-06 | 1969-01-06 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Robert H. McBride | 1969-07-22 | 1974-01-25 | Richard Nixon |
| Joseph John Jova | 1974-01-30 | 1977-02-21 | Richard Nixon |
| Patrick J. Lucey | 1977-07-19 | 1979-10-31 | Jimmy Carter |
| Julian Nava | 1980-05-07 | 1981-04-03 | Jimmy Carter |
| John A. Gavin | 1981-06-05 | 1986-06-10 | Ronald Reagan |
| Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. | 1986-11-04 | 1989-04-07 | Ronald Reagan |
| John D. Negroponte | 1989-07-03 | 1993-09-05 | George H. W. Bush |
| James Robert Jones | 1993-09-10 | 1997-06-25 | Bill Clinton |
| Jeffrey S. Davidow | 1998-08-05 | 2002-09-14 | Bill Clinton |
| Antonio Garza | 2002-11-22 | 2009-01-20 | George W. Bush |
| Carlos Pascual | 2009-08-09 | 2011-03-19 | Barack Obama |
| Earl Anthony Wayne | 2011-07-02 | Barack Obama |
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